Lyle Fried is a board-certified addictions professional, an internationally certified alcohol and drug counselor, a certified recovery residence administrator, an approved training provider for the Florida Certification Board, and a certified health coach with Villanova College of Nursing. Fried has served as the executive director and program manager of residential and outpatient facilities. He was vice president of a six-county homeless coalition and a founding member of the Mental Health Action Team in Miami-Dade County. He has served as a drug court panel member and as a primary therapist in high-end and state-funded facilities. Currently Fried is conducting research with Kenneth Blum on dopamine homeostasis, bringing functional balance to the dopamine reward pathway for “reward deficiency syndrome,” the neuroscience of neurotransmitter supports for mood stabilization and relapse prevention. Their research has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals.